Alec Baldwin charged with manslaughter again over 'Rust' film death

Alec Baldwin attends the NYU Tisch School of the Arts 50th anniversary Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, April 4, 2016, in New York. A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the A-list actor. — Photo: AP

Actor Alec Baldwin has been charged with manslaughter – again – over the deadly 2021 shooting on the set of his film Rust, court documents filed Friday showed.

Baldwin was holding a Colt .45 during rehearsals for the low-budget Western in New Mexico when it discharged a live round, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.